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Organ Donors

Mr. Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to encourage voluntary organ donation; and how much the Government has spent promoting on (a) organ donor cards and (b) the organ donor register in each year since 1997. [156621]

Ms Rosie Winterton: People are encouraged to join the organ donor register through a number of initiatives, including when they apply for a driving licence, register with a new general practitioner or, apply for a new passport. Additionally, UK Transplant runs publicity campaigns and targets action to raise the profile of organ donation, including specific advertising and

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information campaigns to increase organ donation from the South Asian and black African and Caribbean populations.

UK Transplant is currently running a pilot scheme with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to send out organ donor registration forms to all vehicle owners with the road tax reminder during January, March and April this year. The pilot will cover nine million vehicles and UK Transplant will assess the effectiveness of the pilot later in the year. There are currently over 11 million people on the register—19 per cent. of the United Kingdom population.

The amount spent for organ donation publicity and advertising for each year since 1997 is shown in the table.

£ thousand

AdvertisingPublicity
1997–9820420
1998–99770760
1999–2000470460
2000–01430450
2001–02180720
2002–03210690

UK Transplant took over responsibility for the organ donation campaign work from the Department of Health in April 2003. UK Transplant's overall budget is over £9 million, of which £900,000 is for publicity.

Prescription Charges

Joan Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which medical conditions have become exempt from prescription charges in the last 30 years, broken down by year. [162499]

Ms Rosie Winterton: No medical conditions have become exempt from prescription charges in the last 30 years.

Incontinence

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what funding his Department has allocated for future years for research into incontinence resulting from childbirth; [161238]

Dr. Ladyman: Details of research projects relating to both incontinence and childbirth funded by, or of interest to, the National Health Service are available on the National Research Register (NRR) at www.update-software.com/national. The NRR currently contains details of four on-going and around 30 completed projects in this area. Many of these projects are funded through allocations made annually to NHS providers for research to meet the priorities and needs of the NHS and to meet the costs to the NHS of hosting research supported by external funders. The total amount allocated to NHS providers in 2003–04 for research and development was £442 million.

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The Department has not received any research conducted by private sector organisations on incontinence directly resulting from childbirth.

EDUCATION AND SKILLS

Education Statistics

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many 14 to 16 year olds in England did not receive full-time education in each of the last five years. [160362]

Mr. Miliband: The requested information is not held centrally.

The Department is, however, supporting local authorities (LAs) to develop robust systems to identify and track children missing education or at risk of doing so. All LAs have a named contact for issues relating to children missing from education and the Department is encouraging networking between different authorities.

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It is also sharing good practice on working with children missing from education by circulating new guidance to LAs and holding a series of regional seminars in Spring 2004.

Looked-after Children

Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many looked-after children had (a) a yearly dental health check and (b) up-to-date child immunisations, broken down by local authority in each year since 1994; and what the figures were for all children. [158069]

Margaret Hodge: Information on the number of looked-after children that had yearly dental health checks and up-to-date immunisations was not collected centrally between 1994 and 1999. Since 2000 these figures for looked after children have been collected at local authority level and reported to government. Details are provided in the following table. Equivalent figures are not collected centrally for the child population as a whole.

Looked after children who had their teeth checked by a dentist and whose immunisations were up to date: 2000, 2001 and 2002, England

Children who had their teeth checked by a dentist
2000 2001 2002
Local authorityNumberPercentageNumberPercentageNumberPercentage
England(29)26,8006329,2006731,80072
Barking and Dagenham6541703322085
Barnet4527804118074
Barnsley205812008217083
Bath and North East Somerset95881009210084
Bedfordshire235882358527588
Bexley90671209015094
Birmingham1058265201,10074
Blackburn with Darwen(30)(30)904417076
Blackpool(30)(30)1657116082
Bolton165771607916082
Bournemouth75561358811576
Bracknell Forest255230723577
Bradford400754358346080
Brent95681808319575
Brighton and Hove225812409023084
Bristol245563107728578
Bromley125641305415066
Buckinghamshire(30)(30)1456915581
Bury3525704413567
Calderdale956285616045
Cambridgeshire265872408921585
Camden165731606814562
Cheshire330923109233092
City of London100
Cornwall265652055029575
Coventry185482606425569
Croydon245942657939088
Cumbria135542455830069
Darlington151955635054
Derby280832758524582
Derbyshire375853958736586
Devon(30)(30)(30)(30)41579
Doncaster170582056522569
Dorset(30)(30)1508815588
Dudley215772107320068
Durham320832206524072
Ealing13541501722072
East Riding of Yorkshire8049654310569
East Sussex325952858731088
Enfield145771658613063
Essex565665856666577
Gateshead145801708613572
Gloucestershire240723708924059
Greenwich225752858434094
Hackney(30)(30)3358531083
Halton100821009012593
Hammersmith and Fulham95322006422573
Hampshire(30)(30)1351926537
Haringey140541856718565
Harrow8074808711091
Hartlepool151855697088
Havering8588958611092
Herefordshire125801559814594
Hertfordshire280454356846568
Hillingdon185882309022078
Hounslow95481104820580
Isle of Wight110861058810585
Isles of Scilly00
Islington16041130339527
Kensington and Chelsea125791257612570
Kent(30)(30)8957787079
Kingston upon Hull385753708432073
Kingston upon Thames5590601005089
Kirklees205881657617589
Knowsley130671306612570
Lambeth(30)(30)3005125546
Lancashire665627407567569
Leeds750755605571066
Leicester200632406326575
Leicestershire115651155913066
Lewisham145401102825557
Lincolnshire295832857429579
Liverpool340355305556060
Luton195922258724587
Manchester675687107472077
Medway Towns245952258716594
Merton251835247053
Middlesbrough100761508717596
Milton Keynes165731206713080
Newcastle upon Tyne105332358225076
Newham(30)(30)1604720551
Norfolk400914559346091
North East Lincolnshire251225125529
North Lincolnshire115791459511581
North Somerset7570857910091
North Tyneside155701557010545
North Yorkshire175782559222092
Northamptonshire320753758334578
Northumberland40201306514071
Nottingham385893959231084
Nottinghamshire305862958032593
Oldham14065(30)(30)15056
Oxfordshire290852708228583
Peterborough205702508421079
Plymouth115402256328081
Poole757260609076
Portsmouth30171458414580
Reading757970758583
Redbridge858980908080
Redcar and Cleveland706560498583
Richmond upon Thames254470928596
Rochdale145791607816076
Rotherham190731655820063
Rutland6071
Salford205472104423049
Sandwell145462657619051
Sefton155781907613554
Sheffield12526135278517
Shropshire705490747558
Slough555660558068
Solihull(30)(30)1009110583
Somerset70341658818088
South Gloucestershire858680828089
South Tyneside160731658115576
Southampton120411003418564
Southend115611358017089
Southwark245492955436071
St. Helens120581356314070
Staffordshire(30)(30)1654517045
Stockport165592107431099
Stockton on Tees140921309110586
Stoke-on-Trent210762408523083
Suffolk310753958031060
Sunderland325883007833590
Surrey290552905529054
Sutton70661058410592
Swindon453545386550
Tameside175681759013572
Telford and Wrekin80751009311085
Thurrock80691007512578
Torbay135741257613091
Tower Hamlets16083157155
Trafford758490807559
Wakefield290852557418554
Walsall230852659128587
Waltham Forest10562855016069
Wandsworth225881104621587
Warrington906860537557
Warwickshire185821908218574
West Berkshire959785918595
West Sussex105235409551093
Westminster155761105614572
Wigan320883158727084
Wiltshire145871558917087
Windsor and Maidenhead5096509440100
Wirral205742357327075
Wokingham456535613057
Wolverhampton200641906921576
Worcestershire260552756033078
York606950517579

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Children whose immunisations were up to date
200020012002
Local authorityNumberPercentageNumberPercentageNumberPercentage
England(29)29,0006930,8007132,40073
Barking and Dagenham5034165808032
Barnet75441005115063
Barnsley215842359620098
Bath and North East Somerset958990816558
Bedfordshire245932408726084
Bexley90681259215597
Birmingham930681,0157797065
Blackburn with Darwen(30)(30)1809017580
Blackpool(30)(30)2109118092
Bolton165771306514072
Bournemouth105781459513086
Bracknell Forest153925623065
Bradford385734007746581
Brent55421456518571
Brighton and Hove230832107823083
Bristol320733458633591
Bromley13570652613057
Buckinghamshire120491607618094
Bury25181157215075
Calderdale11575110787558
Cambridgeshire270902258322086
Camden190841154912554
Cheshire345973259634596
City of London100
Cornwall285702255528072
Coventry350902806831084
Croydon245942457336081
Cumbria(30)(30)2355722051
Darlington556150567580
Derby310933209825586
Derbyshire425964159240596
Devon(30)(30)3556938574
Doncaster190652307122068
Dorset145811609316593
Dudley250892709425086
Durham50132206524072
Ealing11034351117557
East Riding of Yorkshire105651157511070
East Sussex315912959033094
Enfield1105985439547
Essex675787758879091
Gateshead105581457117591
Gloucestershire185553809132580
Greenwich260863159235597
Hackney(30)(30)802116043
Halton10587857912090
Hammersmith and Fulham85291856019062
Hampshire(30)(30)1051424534
Haringey160621856622078
Harrow8578808911093
Hartlepool405160777091
Havering95971059611596
Herefordshire150941408610569
Hertfordshire345565658953077
Hillingdon180862359126092
Hounslow105551657321082
Isle of Wight120941159812097
Isles of Scilly00
Islington250651102810530
Kensington and Chelsea135861358215588
Kent(30)(30)7456492083
Kingston upon Hull395783107029066
Kingston upon Thames559055895084
Kirklees220961959015076
Knowsley105541155814078
Lambeth(30)(30)3105327049
Lancashire920868458657558
Leeds520525054958554
Leicester275863158428078
Leicestershire150841809217591
Lewisham115322406234077
Lincolnshire325913158232085
Liverpool575595405667572
Luton185882208523585
Manchester8083353544547
Medway Towns250962559817095
Merton302030239570
Middlesbrough115891609517595
Milton Keynes200881558715093
Newcastle Upon Tyne70212257827082
Newham(30)(30)1805210526
Norfolk420944759748595
North East Lincolnshire15074904713571
North Lincolnshire1309215010013595
North Somerset605890828073
North Tyneside2009220091235100
North Yorkshire175792559222093
Northamptonshire205484159139589
Northumberland25121708418090
Nottingham400934209834092
Nottinghamshire340963208733595
Oldham175821606917566
Oxfordshire315932357130088
Peterborough55192207521078
Plymouth205722607228583
Poole605665639075
Portsmouth10559125746537
Reading808585899593
Redbridge858890978581
Redcar and Cleveland857840356562
Richmond upon Thames406870958594
Rochdale180971708420598
Rotherham160612257722068
Rutland6057
Salford170392405128060
Sandwell255823008720055
Sefton120621606521585
Sheffield320652555025049
Shropshire856580658565
Slough807880747566
Solihull907975658065
Somerset85391407618592
South Gloucestershire807985867582
South Tyneside125561457115074
Southampton180631806222578
Southend65341509116083
Southwark135272855240580
St. Helens100481055014573
Staffordshire(30)(30)(30)(30)22058
Stockport15556853021067
Stockton on Tees15099130948570
Stoke-on-Trent235852659325089
Suffolk360884759721041
Sunderland300812957732587
Surrey390743206123544
Sutton8578100807564
Swindon655555477556
Tameside165651809216587
Telford and Wrekin555470648061
Thurrock65591058012578
Torbay125691257611583
Tower Hamlets150792010270100
Trafford809180719578
Wakefield295861755217050
Walsall260962659228087
Waltham Forest704080458035
Wandsworth155611907817571
Warrington705275658567
Warwickshire190852159223092
West Berkshire959890988597
West Sussex395835159152595
Westminster135661758918089
Wigan340943158726080
Wiltshire155921609318093
Windsor and Maidenhead4594509240100
Wirral210762357426575
Wokingham456815242545
Wolverhampton285912509126594
Worcestershire215463006634581
York859975747073

(29) All figures presented at England level include estimates for missing data.

(30) Information not available.

Notes:

1. "—" depicts a small number that has been suppressed to preserve confidentiality

2. All numbers have been rounded to the nearest five.

Source:

OC2 return.


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